Two Days, 30,000 Square Feet: NTX Arena Hosts Comics, Cards, and a First-Ever Sneaker Show This August

A Collector’s Weekend Takes Over South Stemmons

Picture the parking lot off South Stemmons Freeway on a Saturday morning in late August — vendors rolling hand trucks, collectors arriving early with want lists tucked in back pockets, and a line forming outside a building that, by the time the doors open, will hold 30,000 square feet of trading cards, graded comics, vintage sneakers, and streetwear.

That is what NTX Arena at 2401 South Stemmons Freeway has scheduled for August 22 and 23, when three overlapping shows converge on the same weekend under one roof.

Three Shows, One Admission

The NTX Comic Show anchors the weekend, spreading across 30,000 square feet of floor space with buyers, sellers, and fans trading in comics and collectibles of every era. The show has a straightforward format that has worked well at NTX Arena before: open floor space, dealer tables, and enough room that serious collectors can move through methodically without the shoulder-to-shoulder crush that characterizes larger convention events in bigger cities.

What makes this particular weekend more layered is the adjacent NTX Sports Card Show, running simultaneously next door. Every comic show pass includes free admission to the card show, which means a single ticket becomes a passport to two distinct collecting markets. Someone who walks in looking for a specific issue may end up spending an hour at the card tables before they even reach the comics floor — or vice versa.

The third element is what makes this gathering genuinely new.

Lewisville Gets the First-Ever NTX Sneaker Show

August 22 marks the debut of the NTX Sneaker Show, described as the first edition of what organizers are building as a recurring event. Starting at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday and running through Sunday evening, the sneaker show occupies its own 30,000 square feet dedicated to sneakers, streetwear, and vintage apparel.

The scale matters. Thirty thousand square feet of floor space is roughly the footprint of a large grocery store — large enough to support a real marketplace rather than a pop-up table event. For Lewisville and the broader North Texas area, having that kind of dedicated sneaker and streetwear floor space locally is a shift from the pattern of driving into Dallas proper for anything at that scale.

NTX Arena’s location on South Stemmons puts it squarely on a freeway corridor that connects Denton County commuters to the Metroplex, which means the potential draw extends well beyond Lewisville city limits. But the address is Lewisville, the sales tax receipts land in Lewisville, and the foot traffic spills into the surrounding commercial stretch of South Stemmons — all of which matters to a city that has been steadily building out its event and entertainment identity along that corridor.

What to Expect Inside

The comic show floor will have the familiar structure that repeat attendees know: dealer tables organized by seller, with everything from Golden Age books in plastic sleeves to modern variants and artist proof copies. The collectibles component broadens that beyond comics strictly defined — action figures, original art, statues, and licensed memorabilia tend to fill out the floor alongside the books.

The sports card side draws a crowd that overlaps with the comics audience in temperament if not always in specific interest. Both communities are built around condition grading, authentication, and the hunt for specific items at the right price. The free cross-admission between the two shows reflects that shared collector culture.

The sneaker show is the unknown quantity this time around, being an inaugural event. First editions of these shows tend to attract a core of established local and regional vendors testing the format, with the expectation that a strong debut builds a larger second installment. The vintage apparel and streetwear component alongside the sneakers suggests organizers are positioning it as a lifestyle marketplace rather than strictly a resale floor.

Getting There and Planning the Visit

NTX Arena sits at 2401 South Stemmons Freeway in Lewisville, accessible from I-35E. The Saturday hours begin at 2:00 p.m. for the sneaker show’s opening, with the full weekend running through Sunday evening on August 23.

For families or groups with mixed interests — one person who collects comics, another who follows the card market, a teenager who tracks sneaker releases — the combined weekend offers a practical reason to make a single trip rather than three separate ones. That bundled value is part of what gives a show like this staying power in a market where collector events compete for the same discretionary weekend time.

Full ticketing details and information on vendor tables are available through the NTX Comic Show website.

A Note on the Venue

NTX Arena has become a reliable anchor for this kind of event on the Lewisville stretch of South Stemmons. The building’s floor plan accommodates large-scale vendor shows without the logistical friction of a convention center booking, and its parking supports the kind of steady Saturday traffic these events generate. For collectors in Denton County who have historically driven south for events of this size, it represents a home-field option that did not exist at this scale even a few years ago.